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By TONIA HILL Staff Writer Graduate Students United, the graduate worker labor union at the University of Chicago today announced that it would withdraw from the National Labor Relations Board. In a written statement, the Graduate Students United (GSU) said the decision will allow them to “pursue a direct path toward contract negotiations as part […]

By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Staff Writer Harper Court has been selected as an Amazon Treasure Truck pick-up location. The truck will visit Harper Court, 5235 S. Harper Court, this Thursday from 9:30 p.m. to noon. According to Amazon, the Treasure Truck event was launched at the beginning of February as a new way to reach its customers. […]

By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Staff Writer The South East Chicago Commission will host its 3rd Annual “A Night at the Theater,” event on Thursday, March 15, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event will kick off with a reception at the Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave., at 5:30 p.m. followed by a […]

By RHEA MAHANTA Herald Intern The Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago celebrated its fifth anniversary last Wednesday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau of Canada, who is on a three-day tour in the U.S. to discuss trade issues with political and business leaders. Since its inception in 2013, the non-partisan Institute of Politics […]

By GABRIELLA CRUZ-MARTÍNEZ Herald Intern A former Kenwood Academy High School alum teamed up with Chicago’s own Jennifer Hudson and her campaign for American Family Insurance to honor Kenwood Academy Choir Director Richard Nunley by renovating his classroom and donating new resources for current students. DeShaun Blake, a 2016 Kenwood Academy graduate and […]

By TONIA HILL Staff Writer The Promontory Point, 5491 S. Shore Dr., was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, last month by the National Park Service. Members of the community and elected officials for many years fought to preserve it and made its newly cemented landmark status possible. Community residents under the Community […]

By TONIA HILL Staff Writer Dr. Gregory Jones, the principal at Kenwood Academy High School, 5015 S. Blackstone Ave., and Lisa Washington Kuzel, an elementary school teacher at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools were both named as Golden Apple Awards finalists, according to a public announcement released last Thursday. Golden Apple […]

By TONIA HILL Staff Writer The Newberry Consort, which will present “The Passion of Héloïse and Abélard,” a concert of medieval love songs next weekend at the Logan Center for the Arts, 915 E. 60th Street. The concert will take place on Saturday. Pierre Abélard was a 12th-century poet, philosopher, and scholar that fell in […]

By JOSEPH PHILLIPS Staff Writer The Hyde Park Art Center, 5020 S. Cornell Ave., will host a program entitled “Resilience in Chicago and Hauts-de-France,” on Tuesday, Feb. 27, from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The event will feature artist David Schalliol in conversation with architect Marshall Brown to address how changes in post-industrial landscape alter […]

Family Day. 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Smart Museum of Art, 5550 S. Greenwood Ave. Free. Family Day features hands-on art activities designed to inspire children to think about and respond creatively to art and[...]

Black Lives Matter Open House 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm University Church of Chicago, 5655 S. University Ave., in the library. Black Lives Matter of University Church will host an open house and celebration after worship service. The[...]